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In the course of compiling these past few caffeine inspired posts I’ve had many coffees, some (most!) of which I forgot to photograph before it was too late. I’ve also lost at least one scarf, become too accustomed to buying good coffee to want to make my own, and managed not to darkened the door of a corporate multi-national.

Some people object to Instagram and other such photo filters. As you’ll have seen with my previous coffee photos, I used a filter because like the effect it creates. Yet I also understand the argument that we’re putting rose-tinted glasses on the present, not just the past, as if reality needs adulterating to make it more palatable.

So here, in all their bare, unInstagrammed glory, is a sample of the cups that were drunk without any particular musing to accompany them, beyond the usual everyday thoughts of ‘to-do’ lists and work, the unsung heroes that have been my caffeine highlight on any given day,…..

I’ve been so busy for the past week that I’ve completely neglected my poor blog. So, to ease myself back in, I’m going with a short one today.

(Incidentally, does anyone else find it difficult to make time for frequent blogging? Is it just a matter of being disciplined? I’ve been doing much better since I restarted it earlier this month but I sometimes find all those day-to-day tasks mount up and get in the way!)

Today’s thought is a simple one which is not always easy to adhere to but is worth striving for:

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.” Judy Garland